id:			102588
accession number:	1921.1256
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1256
updated:		2023-08-23 18:46:29.946000

Bishop's Mantle (Cape), c. 1520–30. European (German or Swiss?), early 16th century. Riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar; overall (display): 55.9 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm (22 x 21 x 11 in.); laid flat: 95.8 cm (37 11/16 in.); diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1921.1256

title:				Bishop's Mantle (Cape)
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1520–30
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1530
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	European (German or Swiss?), early 16th century
technique:	riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall (display): 55.9 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm (22 x 21 x 11 in.); Laid flat: 95.8 cm (37 11/16 in.); Diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Clemens; Munich; Purch
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	(Sale: American Art Association, New York, NY, November 1921, cat. #268)
	date: 1921
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1921-
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fun fact:
In 805 an edict of Charlemagne established a link between the right to own land and the obligation to own a chainmail shirt.

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wall description:
Chain mail capes known as "bishop's mantles" were popular with German mercenary foot soldiers between about 1500 and 1550. They were often worn as the only element of armor.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	American Art Association. <em>An Important Collection of Ancient Arms and Armor. </em>1921.
	page number: 	cat. 268
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	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p 81, D15; Reproduced: Plate XVIII, D15
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n119

	Fliegel, Stephen N<em>. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 40
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	Troso, Mario.<em> Italia! Italia! 1526-1530: la prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana : con gli assedi di Milano, Napoli, Firenze, il sacco di Roma e le battaglie di Capo d'Orso e Gavinana.</em> Parma: E. Albertelli, 2001.
	page number: 	p. 160, F36a
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	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 91, p. 186
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IMAGES

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